Vehicle end-gate.



I. A. RAMSEY. VEHICLE END GATE. APPLICATION FILED ram/1s. 1912.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

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VEHICLE END-GATE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. t3, i915.

Application filed May 18, 1912. Serial. No. 697,027.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Josnrn A. RAMsnr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beatrice, in the county of Gage and State of Nebraska, haveinvented a new and useful Vehicle End-Grate, of which the following is aspecification.

lhe invention is embodied in the construc tion and combination of partshereinafter described.

The primary object of the present invention is the provision of an endgate of this character, in which a vertically swinging end gate isprovided with oppositely extend ing bails that limit the lateralextension of the two retaining wings or members, and permit of thefolding of the members against the end gate when the end gate is closed.

ln the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective View of theinvention; Fig. 2 is a like view of the same in open orunloading-position; Fig. 3 is an end elevation thereof, the parts beingin closed position; Fig. i is a sectional elevation of the device, theparts being in open position.

In carrying out my invention, 1 provide the vehicle or wagon, thebody-portion 1 of which is partially or fragmentarily shown, with asuitable end or tail gate or board 2 equipped at its top and bottomedges, upon the outside, with cleats or strips 3, said board or gatebeing suitably hinged at its bottom edge, as at 2, to the correspondingedge of the vehicle-body. Boards 4 are secured vertically on the ends ofthe wagonbody sides, and to these are detachably hinged, by straps 5 andpintles 6, the triangular end sections or closures 8, which serve tohold the end-gate closed as in Figs. 1 and 3, or supported in openposition, as in Figs. 2 and 4'.- Metal strips 8 are secured to the edgesof the triangular closures 8. Guards 12, consisting of metal stripsforming elongated loops, are secured at their ends to the transversecleats or bars 3 of the end-gate and thus extend parallel to the sideedges of the latter. When the endgate 2 is closed, guards 12 prevent thesides of the wagonbody from spreading, and, when the end and thetriangular closures S are fastened in such position, they thus hold theend-gate closed, by means of the turn-button 19, which is attached tothe end-gate and pro jects through slots in the closures. When theend-gate is open, as in Figs. 2 and 4:, the guards 12 serve as supportsfor the end-gate, since they then rest on the shoulders 8 of thetriangular closures 8, the latter being in such case swung out andprojecting rearward of the wagon-body in parallel position.

What I claim is The combination with a wagon body having sideextensions, an end-gate, and triangular closures hinged to the sideextensions of the wagon bodyof U-shaped guards secured to and projectinglaterally from the side edges of the end-gate and adapted to embrace theside extensions of the wagonbody when the end-gate is closed, and toembrace and rest on the triangular closures when the endgate is opened.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH A. RAMSEY. Witnesses:

H. E. SACKETT, CHAS. L. Bnnws'rnn.

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